The Kospi stock index declined as much as 2 per cent, and the South Korean won strengthened as much as 1.4 per cent against the dollar to trade at Won1,408.63. The won had fallen 2.6 per cent against ...
President Yoon Suk-yeol declared emergency martial law, saying the step was necessary to protect the country from “communist forces” amid parliamentary wrangling over a budget Bill.